Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
What do you mean, in that it didn't happen?, or they just never found the people responsible? There's a big difference there. One example isn't going to prove much either...There are numerous examples where it did happen, including video footage from the drone itself. Unfortunately, that doesn't often lead to prosecution by itself, because there's no proof necessarily that the person that posted the video is the one that operated the drone, but this is absolutely happening. I've been "fortunate" enough to have been lasered a couple times and I know many other commercial pilots have been as well. Not believing that these things are happening is naive. To all the drone pilots that are making sure to operate as to not create a hazard, who have gone through all the right channels and hoops, thank you.
Other than reports of drone sightings, no evidence exists there was ever any actual drone threat at ELGW in mid-December. This despite significant involvement by law enforcement and the military to identify and nullify the supposed threat.
If it was a hoax or plot of some sort, it seems to me it was accomplished not with drones, but simply by
reporting that drones had been seen in the vicinity. Paranoia and overreaction did the rest.
Also, James, I've been retired a couple of years now, but I did work on the front lines at DCA and PCT for 34 years as a controller and supervisor. I probably did a thousand hours on the DEN. I am well aware of the anomalies that occur in the system; I was involved somehow or another in hundreds of them, many of which made the news. What's naive is for you come on this forum and present yourself as the only person with a valid opinion on the subject.